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There is an app for everything

There is an App for Everything: How to Decide which App is Right for your Students

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Presentation by Greg O'Connor (Teacher/Education Services Manager) at the Accessing the Future Conference in the Hunter Valley, NSW, Australia - December 2011.

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There is an app for everything

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Greg O’ConnorEducation Services Manager, Spectronics

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Sources for App reviews and searches

Weally Wonderful Apps by Gerry Kennedy - http://www.spectronicsinoz.com/blog/web-links/weally-wonderful-apps-v2-0/Discover new apps via:Discovr AppQuixey - http://www.quixey.com/ Apps for Learning - http://www.apple.com/au/education/apps/Educational app reviews - http://www.iear.orgAPPitic - http://appitic.com/

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Assessment

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Student

Environment

Tasks

Tools

www.joyzabala.com

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Rubrics

• http://treetops.org.au/groups/ipadagogy/

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SAMR Model (Ruben Puentedura)

4-level approach to selecting, using, and evaluating technology in education

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Technology acts as direct tool substitute, with no functional improvement

Substitution

Technology acts as direct tool substitute, with functional improvement

Augmentation

Technology allows for significant task redesignModification

Technology allows for the creation of new tasks, previously inconceivableRedefinition

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Critical Decisions • Assessment toolsRemember….• Setting Options• Content management & editing tools• Data Tracking / Reporting

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Transformational • Differentiation / UDL• Portability• Convergence

Gray & Silver-Pacuilla (2011) Breakthrough Teaching and Learning

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Email: [email protected]

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Thanks.